Why doesn't Woody Jenkins run again?
It's very confusing here in Texas. All I know is that AG John Cornyn just announced that he's running. On the Democrat side, Austin mayor Kurt Watson may run. The politicians are playing musical chairs.
Woody Jenkins has baggage. It is my understanding (since I was not living in Louisiana in 1996 when Landrieu stole the election) that Woody owed his berth in the runoff to the peculiarity of the open primary in Louisiana. In order to assure that two democrats don't make the runoff, the Republicans try to settle on one Republican who seems to have the best chance. There were problems with Woody, but Republicans and conservatives decided to rally around him in the open primary. Of course, he actually won, but voter fraud delivered the election to "brown roots."
As far as I know, no one even suggests Woody as a candidate. At this time, I am sort of hoping that Susie Terrell will run even though I have already contributed to Cooksey's campaign. I prefer Cooksey's politics, but I think that the negative publicity surrounding his remark has ruined electability.